Nonlinear Time Scale Systems in Standard and Nonstandard Forms

Anshu Narang-Siddarth is an Assistant Professor in the William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the University of Washington. She is the recipient of the Distinguished Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research and is an Associate Member of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Technical Committee. Her research interests are in nonlinear control theory, singular perturbation methods, and flight mechanics with key emphasis on real-time implementable solutions for control of nonminimum phase, interconnected systems, and nonaffine aerospace applications. John Valasek is Director of the Center for Autonomous Vehicles and Sensor Systems, Professor of Aerospace Engineering, and a member of the Honors Faculty, at Texas A&M University. He has been conducting flight mechanics and control research of manned and unmanned air vehicles in industry and academia for more than 25 years. The author of two recent books - Morphing Aerospace Vehicles and Structures (2012) and Advances in Intelligent and Autonomous Aerospace Systems (2012) - he is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA, a member of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Technical Committee, and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. His research is focused on bridging the gap between traditional computer science topics and aerospace engineering topics.

Preface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Analyzing Time Scale Systems Chapter 3: Two Stage Design Chapter 4: Sequential Design Chapter 5: Sequential Design for Multiple Time Scale Systems Chapter 6: Some Applications to Control of Nonminimum Phase Systems Chapter 7: Simultaneously Tracking Slow and Fast Trajectories Appendix A: Tools for Dimensional Analysis Appendix B: Nonlinear F/A-18 HARV Aircraft Model Bibliography Index.